Camera film cutoff and storage device



May 6, 1947, C, LQEB 2,420,045

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SIONT URE May 5, 1947. Q LQEB CAMERA FILM CUT-OFF AND STORAGE DEVICEFiled Feb. 12, 1944 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 CAMERA FILM CUT-OFF AND STORAGEDEVICE Filed Feb. 12, 1944 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented May 6, 1947 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE CAMERA FILM CUTOFF AND STORAGE DEVICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a photographic device, and more particularlyto a device for recording data or written matter along With the pictureof an individual on a single photo-sensitized surface.

In many instances, it is necessary to keep records of a number ofindividuals and it is desirable to have in a single record not only thephotograph of the individual, but certain identifying data, such as aiingerprint, information as to birth date, color of eyes and hair, etc.

Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a device bywhich such a record can easily be made. More specifically, it is anobject to provide a device by which the image of a person may bereproduced along with a copy of a data sheet containing informationconcerning the person on a single strip of lm or photosensitizedmaterial without resetting or focusing the camera for each of thesesubjects.

Another object is to provide such a device which may be adjusted toaccommodate persons of different stature without altering the positionof the camera with respect to the data sheet so as to eliminate thenecessity for adjusting the height of the camera or adjusting a lightsource when it is necessary to raise or lower the camera for differentindividuals.

Another object is to provide a device for recording images which canemploy positive lm or paper, that is, film or paper which when developedwill show dark shadows and light highlights, while at the same timepresenting the image in its proper relation, that is, with the rightportions of the recorded image being the same as the right side of thesubject viewed by the eye. Ordinarily, when a positive film is used indirect photography, the recorded image will be reversed, the variousparts of the image appearing as they would in a mirror and not as viewedby the eye, and such effect is sought to be avoided in the presentinvention.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device having improvedstructure for handling the exposed material so that it may be easily andquickly taken from the device for developing. More specifically, it isdesired to provide a receiving box which automatically receives theexposed material when it moves throughv the camera and which may bemoved to sever the material and hold the same in a separate housing outof exposure to light until it can be removed for development. Thelight-proof or tight housing may be removed independently from thecamera portion for transfer to the dark room for processing ordevelopment.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent as the specicationproceeds.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated the accompanying drawings,in Which- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of the principle of theimproved device; Fig. 2 is a View showing the face oi a data card orsheet which may be recorded by the improved device; Fig. 3 is a viewshowing the record made by the improved device With both the informationon the data sheet and the subjects photographed contained in the record;Fig. 4 is a view showing another type of record which may be made withthe improved device, this type including the information on the datasheet and both front and profile photographs of the subject; Fig. 5 is aplan view of the improved device; Fig. 6 is an elevational view of thedevice; Fig. 7 is a detail view in elevation showing the means forsevering the iilm, the view being takenxas indicated at line 'I--l ofFig. 5; Fig. 8 is a sectional detail View taken as indicated at line 8 8of Fig. '7; Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of thefilm-receiving box, the View being taken as indicated at line 9--9 ofFig. 5; and Fig. l0 is a 'detail sectional view taken at line I Il-IO ofFig. 9.

As illustrated, the device includes a base or supporting structure A,frame B, and a camer mechanism C.

The base A may be of any suitable form or construction, and in fact maybe a table or floor. Extending'upwardly from the base A is a standardII, and the frame A is adjustably supported on the standard I I by meansof rack and gear means, the standard being provided on its one side withtheV rack I2.

The frame B includes a lateral arm I3 which at its one end is providedwith a tting I4 including a sleeve I5 which engages the standard II. Thegear I6, carried by this fitting and engaging the rack I2, is operatedby the hand wheel I'I, so that when the wheel II is turned, the arm I3and therefore frame B are raised or lowered. A supporting linger i8 iscarried by the fitting I4 and has at its end a wheel I9 which bearsagainst the standard il so as to steady the frame as it is raised orlowered through the action of the gear and rack,

Returning to the frame B, the other end of the arm i3 is secured to thecross member 2D which supports the camera C. lAt one end, the crossmember 2Q is provided with a. depending member 2i to which the lamp 22is secured by means of the clamp 23 and adjustable mounting 24. Mounting26 may be loosened so as to permit the lamp to be raised or loweredalong the member 2l. The lamp is provided with a shield 25 which guardsthe camera from the direct light of the bulb 2E. A second lamp 25a mayalso be provided to light the card from the other direction.

The horizontal shelf or supporting table 23 is adjustably supported onthe member 2l by means of the sleeve 29 extending about member 2l andprovided with the set screw 30. By adjusting the position of the sleevealong the member 2|, the vertical position of the shelf may be adjustedwith respect to the camera. suitably, the shelf 28 may be provided withthe guides 3l and 32 for marking out the position on the shelf where thecard or data sheet may be placed so as to be properly within the view ofthe camera.

The camera mechanism C includes the camera dark box 4U which is held inposition by the lever 4! which is pivoted at 42 and is adapted toconfine the box at its other end. Extending from the box 40 is anadjustable tube 43 which terminates with the shutter and lens mechanism44. Mounted on the shutter structure is a bracket 45 which carries theside blinds 46 and 41 and the mirror 48 located between these blinds.The mirror is so positioned that light rays coming upwardly from a datacard 56 supported on the table 28 will be reflected sideways into thelens and shutter structure 44. The knob 49 permits adjustment of themirror E8 to obtain the correct direction of light transmission.

Also extending from the box 40 of the camera L is a second tubeextension l which terminates in the shutter and lens mechanism 52.Secured to this shutter` device is the bracket 53 which carries the sideblinds 54 and 55 between which is mounted the mirror 55 controlled byknob 5l. Mirror 55 is so positioned as to direct iight coming from avertical subject in front of the device into the lens and shuttermechanism 52.

The camera casing includes along with the box 4D the casing channel 5lwhich has at its far end a cylindrical portion 58. The portion 58contains a roll of unexposed lm or photo-sensitized material 59, and atits top is provided with a handle BU by which the camera may be lifted.The film Si coming from the roll 59 is propelled by a roll turned by thecrank 62. The film passes through the rear end of the box da so as to beexposed to the rays of light coming from the lenses 45 and 52 and passesout of box 4B at the slot 63.

The lm or paper used is preferably of the positive type which whendeveloped shows a positive image instead of a negative image. The termlm as used herein is intended to include any flexible photo-sensitizedsheet material of the positive type.

The mechanism for cutting and removing exposed strips of lrn or paper ismore clearly illustrated in Figs. 6 to l0. As shown in Fig. 8, thecamera box 40 is provided with the slot 64 through which the film maypass from the camera. A

slide-receiving structure E5 is attached to the camera and is providedwith the top and bottom lips and El. A slot 68 in this structureregisters with the slot 64 of the camera box. A slide 69 is received inthe structure 65 and is retained by the lips B6 and El at the top andbottom, and is adapted to slide laterally within the structure 65. Theslide E9 has an opening l0 which at one position of the slide is alignedwith the slot 64 so that the lm passes out through slots 64 and 68 andthen through the opening 'l0 of the slide. One side of the opening 'l0is beveled so as to provide a knife ll for severing the film when theslide is moved to break the alignment of the opening 'l0 with the slot68. Also, as will be seen more clearly in Fig. '7, the opening 'l0 iswider at the bottom than at the top so that as the slide is movedlaterally the knife 1I will nrst engage the lm to be severed at the topedge, and as the slide moves further the iilm will be sheared towardsthe bottom.

The slide 69 is provided with a pair of lipengaging members l2 and 'i3on each side of the opening l0, and these members serve to hold thefilm-receiving box in position to receive the film from the camera.

The film-receiving box is more clearly illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10.This box may be of substantially rectangular shape having a mouthportion 8l which has the outwardly-extending lips 82 and 83 (see Fig.10) and the central opening 84. A slide 'member 85 extends downwardlyfrom the top of the box behind the lips 82 and S3 and is for the purposeof closing the opening S4 when the box is to be removed from the camerawith exposed film therein so as not to permit light to enter the box.This slide member is intended to be raised out of registry with theopening 85 when the camera is in use.

The box 8O may be mounted by passing the lips 82 and 83 of the box downbehind the lipengaging members 'l2 and T3 of the slide-receiving member65. Any suitable stop may be provided to hold the box in the propervertical position and prevent its passing downwardly too far.

In setting up the device for use in connection with a large number ofsubjects, the shelf 28 may be adjusted on the frame so that with thesize of data card being employed the image transmitted to the film willbe of the proper size and the tube 43 is adjusted as to length so as tobring the card into proper focus, the lamps 25 properly set to throw thedesired amount of light on the data card, and the shutter properlyadjusted. Then no further adjustment of this mechanism need be made solong as the same type and size of data card is used.

The camera may also be adjusted at the shutter mechanism 52 to focusproperly on the subject sitting or standing in iront of the camera. Forsucceeding exposures of different persons, it will usually not benecessary to adjust the Camera except to raise and lower the apparatusto accommodate persons of different height, as will later be explained.

In the use of the improved device, the operator may place a data cardsimilar to that illustrated in Fig. 2, properly filled out containingdata regarding the person who is to be photographed, including hissignature and fingerprint, on the shelf 28. Then with the person infront of the camera device, both shutters are snapped. This operates torecord on a single lm the data which is on the card and also the personsphotograph. The light refiected from the card is again re- 'aliado-1eected by the mirror 48 and thus turned approximately 90 directly intothe lens and shutter mechanism 44, the light passing through thecameraVH and onto the film at the back of the box 40. This path of lightis indicated in the vdrawings by the dotted line 96. The light reiiectedfrom theperson in front passes, as indicated by line 9i in the drawings,to the mirror 56 and is reiiected by the mirror, being turnedapproximately 90 to the right, directly into the lens and shuttervmechanism 52, from which it passes through the camera striking the iiimat the rear.

After the lm has been thus exposed, the operator may turn the crank 62to advance fresh film from the roll 59 in place for a new record to bemade and at the same time advance the exposed portion of the film out ofthe camera through the slot 64. The slot 64 is in registry with the slot68 of the mounting structure and also with the openings 10 of the slideand opening 84 at the mouth of the nlm-receiving box 8B, so the filmpasses out of the camera through slots 64 and 68 and openings 10 and 84into the receiving box.

With the end of the film extending into the film-receiving box, the boxmay be pushed laterally to one side, as indicated by dotted lines inFig. 5, moving the slide B9 in the slide-receiving structure 65. Thisoperates to sever the iilm by a shearing action as previously described,and the cut nlm carrying the record drops down in the box. The box maythen be moved back into its original position, as shown in full lines inFig. 5, and another record taken in the same manner.

At any time the box is moved to the lateral position, it may be closedby pushing down the slide 35 to close the opening 84 and then the boxmay be lifted out of engagement with the slide 59 and the lip-engagingmembers 'l2 and 13. It will be noted from Fig. 7 that the upper lip 66is cut away at 89 to permit the box to be removed in this way when inlateral position, but that the box cannot be so removed when it is inposition to receive film from the camera.

After development of the contained in the box, or after the exposed filmhas been removed, the box may be again placed in position on the slideand moved laterally back to its original position for receiving furtherstrips of exposed lm. By this arrangement, the film may be removed aftereach exposure is made, or the ibox and slide may be moved back and forthbetween exposures, cutting the lm in strips representing individualrecords which accumulate in the box until it is desired to removed themfor development.

By the operation above described, the record may be something like thatillustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, with the data on the left of thefilm strip and the front View photograph on the right. A modified kindof record, such as that shown in Fig. li, may also be made with theimproved device. To make a record of this type, the operator proceeds asdescribed above to record the information on the data sheet togetherwith the iront View photograph of the subject. Then the subject isturned about 90 and the film advanced a normal amount as would be donefor a second record of the Same type, but this time only the shutterpassing light from the person is operated. In this Way, the proiile viewof the person is recorded at the left of the data information, asindicated in the record card illustrated in Fig. 4. However, with thisoperation it is then than the last one, it is necessary only for theloperator to turn the hand wheel Il counterclockwise so as to raise theframe with respect 'to the base and so bring the subject into properview of the camera. It will be noted that when the frame is thus raisedor lowered, the shelf 23 and the lamps 25 and 25a are also raised orlowered the same amount, so that the focus or amount of light withrespect to the card data is not disturbed.

Although the invention has been described in connection with a singleembodiment only, it is expected that the principles of the invention maybe practiced in connection with many embodiments and that many changesmay be made all within the spirit of the invention.

I claim:

l. In a record-making device, a camera, means for passing lm throughsaid camera so as to permit lexposure of the lm to light passed throughthe camera, said camera having a slot through which the exposed film maypass therefrom, a slide receiving structure secured to said camera, aslide received within said structure and having an opening therein whichin one position of said slide is aligned with said slot, one side ofsaid opening being provided with a knife member which is adapted tosever lm extending through the opening as the slide is moved within thestructure, and a nlm-receiving box detachably mounted on said slidehaving an opening aligned with the opening in said slide, the opening insaid box being closed to light by said structure when the 'box is movedwith said slide to a position wherein the slide opening is not alignedwith said slot.

2. A record-making device as set forth in claim 1 in which said box isequipped with means for closing the opening in said box when the box hasbeen moved to said position so that this opening will not admit light tothe box after it has ybeen detached from said slide.

3. In a record-making device, a camera, a roll of light-sensitivematerial, means for passing said roll through said camera so as topermit exposure of the material to light passed through the camera, aslide-receiving structure in lightexcluding contact with said camera, aslide within said structure containing an opening therein through whichsaid roll of material is passed, a box detachably carried by said slideand provided with an opening to receive the exposed lightsensitivematerial from the opening in said slide, the opening in said slidehaving one side provided with a knife which is inclined with respect tothe surface of said roll of material whereby said material is severedprogressively from one edge to the other as said slide is movedlaterally within said structure, the opening in said camera being closedto light by said slide when the slide is moved to cut off saidlight-sensitive material.

4. In a record-making device, a camera, a roll of light-sensitive iilm,means for passing said lm through said camera so as to permit exposureoi the iilm to light passed through the camera, a slide-receivingstructure adjacent said camera, a slide within said structure, a boxdetachably carried by said slide and provided with an opening adapted toreceive exposed iilm from said camera, and means for cutting off a stripof iilm extending into said box through movement of said slide Withinsaid structure, the

opening in said camera being closed to light Number by said structurewhen the slide is moved to cut 2,339,657 off said strip of film.2,345,225 CARL LOEB. 1,645,590 5 1,791,207 REFERENCES CITED 1,940,137The following references are of record in the 1,475,006 le of thispatent: 1,795,050

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